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The Leeds-based property developer has promoted Muhammad Bucksun to financial controller director, while Christophe Demoulin is now operations director.

The 8.8% vacancy rate compares with a current national average of around 12.4%, according to Leeds City Council. the lowest level since records began before Covid.

Following almost two years of construction by Morgan Sindall, the four-storey Junction Mills building on Thornton Road is now operational. 

The £16m redevelopment of East Riding Leisure Goole is nearing completion, with Willmott Dixon carrying out finishing, testing, and commissioning works ahead of the centre’s planned opening in late 2026.

Whether you’re building a data centre, refurbishing a town hall or improving a railway station, much like Benjamin Franklin’s famous idiom about taxes and death, one thing is certain: the project will likely be delayed and the costs will almost certainly increase, writes Stuart Wilks of Limeslade.

Phase one of the £265m regeneration project in Huddersfield, which comprises a new library and public square on part of the former Piazza shopping centre, was delivered by BAM. 

The proposed £100m waterfront development will be built on the Tiltyard site in Leeds’ South Bank and centre around a new 38,000 sq ft exhibition and events hall.

Place’s popular briefing on Yorkshire’s I&L market returns in October with speakers confirmed so far including Tom Asher, director of I&L at Savills; Dan Burn, head of development for North West & Yorkshire at Panattoni; and Matt O’Neill, place executive director, Barnsley Council.

The property investment and development company has bought 70 Low Petergate from an institutional vendor ahead of a wider sale process.